Managing sexual health in schools

🏷️ From £135
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Course Outline

Managing sexual health in schools: policy, practice and pastoral care. Supporting students’ sexual health and wellbeing is an essential part of secondary/senior whole-school health education and safeguarding practice. This interactive session explores the key principles of managing sexual health in school settings, with guidance on practical policy implementation, professional boundaries and effective communication.

Through discussion, case studies and resources, delegates will develop confidence in addressing issues ranging from puberty and relationships to sexual health education, contraception, consent and support for LGBTQ+ pupils.

The training will also consider managing disclosures, liaison with external agencies and building a culture of openness and respect within your school.

Training topics will include:

• Duty of care: the school’s responsibility for sexual health management and safeguarding
• How to confidently lead and deliver sexual health education
• Inclusion in sexual health
• Working with external agencies, making referrals and signposting to support. 

Learning outcomes:

• Understanding the school’s role and legal responsibilities in sexual health education
• Confidence in managing sexual health discussions, pupil disclosures and referrals
• Key areas for inclusion in sexual health and relationships policies and strategies for promoting inclusive, age-appropriate and health-positive education.

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Speaker:

Skyler Moulder, Senior Nurse Advisor

Skyler did her Adult Nursing BSc at Kings College London in 2011 and went straight into community nursing. After the birth of her first son she stumbled into community school nursing and never looked back. During her time as a community school nurse she covered primary and secondary schools all across Cambridgeshire. She completed training such as the CAMHS foundation module, Sexual Health and Contraception module and was trained in Safeguarding Children Level 3. She completed her PG Diploma in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing in 2016 when she was pregnant with her second son, which she later topped up to a full MSc in 2023 when she was pregnant with her daughter! This also included qualifying as a Nurse Prescriber. Skyler co-lead the development of a 0-19 Duty Desk and the introduction of the Chathealth text service in Cambridgeshire Community Services. In 2019 she became a Team Manager for the CCS Healthy Child Programme – managing a team of Nursery Nurses, Health Visitors and School Nurses during the pandemic. In 2020 she was recruited to be the Lead Nurse at The Leys in Cambridge, to lead a team covering 24 hour care for around 575 pupils (over half of which are boarders). This is where she is now and where her passion for independent school nursing started.